Image source, Getty ImagesByDavid Wallace Lockhart Scotland political correspondentPublished10 May 2026 About midday on Sunday, Labour MSPs and Scottish MPs jumped onto an online meeting to conduct a post-mortem of last week's election defeat. I'm told around 25 logged on. Defeated candidates did not take part. The party's Scottish leader, Anas Sarwar, had spent the election campaign insisting that he could emerge as the next first minister. Instead, he led his colleagues to their worst ever Holyrood result. They returned 17 MSPs. That sees them tied with Reform UK in second place. There's disappointment, anger and exasperation within the party. Sarwar says he will 'absolutely' stay on as Labour leader Published17 hours ago Labour MP challenges ministers to move against Starmer Published15 hours ago Sarwar led the discussion but there were contributions from the two figures who ran the election campaign – Scottish Secretary Douglas Alexander and the deputy leader in Scotland, Dame Jackie Baillie.
Published: May 10, 2026 5:00 pm
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